Takeoka 2019 Quotes & Sayings

It's interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant. — Ann Beattie

It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the dowry is too large. — Decimius Magnus Ausonius

The trouble with the world is, Frankie, that there are too many ideals and too little horse sense . . . Human beings don't like peace and good will and everybody loving everybody else . . . they're not made like that. Human beings like eating and drinking and loving and hating. They also like showing off, grabbing all they can, fighting for their rights and bossing anybody who'll give 'em half a chance. — Philip Hoare

I won't let anyone hurt you."
If a heart can smile, mine does.
"Bodee, thanks," I say, though I know he doesn't need it. "I'm sorry you lost her."
"At least I found you," he says. — Courtney C. Stevens

We saved the lives of a whole family that night. Children, parents, uncles, aunts, grandparents, all sailed to safety in Sweden inside a little fisherman's boat."

Johannes aka 'BB'
The Informer by Steen Langstrup — Steen Langstrup

I bear messages which will make both your ears tingle. — Bram Stoker

I seek to call America home to those principles that gave us birth. — George McGovern

Things tends to often [consolidate] like Disney. It's the same with music. There's Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young and Patti Smith. There's these three people that everyone seems to agree on. No matter what they like, they seem to like those three. — Stephen Malkmus

I am courageous at the decisive moment. But I need a good deal of start-up time, and I try to take as much as possible into consideration beforehand. — Angela Merkel

This has been her problem all her life: picturing other people's responses. She's too good at it. She can picture the response of anyone
other people's reactions, their emotions, their criticisms, their demands
but somehow they don't reciprocate. Maybe they can't. Maybe they lack the gift, if it is one. — Margaret Atwood

Discover the time of day when you write best, and write then. For me it's about 7 am to noon. For other people it's overnight. Try not to do anything other than write between those times. — Jon Ronson

Come on ... when you're running, if you see you're going to win, you're going to celebrate. — Usain Bolt